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They're not "paying news companies", The Australian Government passed a law so they collect money from Facebook and give it directly to Rupert Murdoch. The law
by grecy 3y ago
They're not "paying news companies", The Australian Government passed a law so they collect money from Facebook and give it directly to Rupert Murdoch.
The law, as written, will only ever apply to Facebook, and will only ever result in money going to Murdoch. It's really impressive.
- incompatible 3y agoSounds like the law the Coalition would try to write, but apparently even the ABC is collecting from it, and not just from Facebook. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/26/abc-does-deals-with-google-and-facebook-that-could-see-millions-spent-on-regional-news https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/26/abc-does-deals... Although in that article they are supposedly going to "make new and significant investments in regional services", today it seems they are back to cutting.